Closet or recess bed



Patented Nov. 27, 19,218.

' narran STATES PATENT Lorsica,

V CHARLES Loirlvralv,r or nosAivcflnnnsA,CAMEclaimt,A AssIGNon. To, RQBER'JJIY, 3116s A conronnrroivtor,oanrronmn. if

cnosn'r on Recess' 1313,15.

Application meaneeembr 7, 1925 serial No. 73,585." e

Although my presentinvention may be re- `ferred to as a closet bed or arecess bed, this invention relates more particularly to a bed comprising parts which" are intended to be permanently secured" to the floor, within a closet or recess; 'and veach bedjmay comorise a tiltable rame,ivhich is 'adapted to .be easily swung` or shifted to a horizontal position of useg'and it is an especial object of this invention to provide a bed construction, of the general character indicated, such that a bed frame, so mounted as'to be easily movable to and from'a vertical position, shall be automatically advanced from its closet or-recess incidentally to the lowering ofthejsame and shall be automatically retracted into its closet or recess incidentally to the elevation of said frame. Y. 'f

1t is anobject of' ythisinvention to provide a closet or recess bed with special fixed' guide rails and connections of such character that, although'these rails or guides remain-entirely within closet or reces's,vthey controll move ments of pail-ts Awhich ar-e advancedfrom or retracted into said closet or recess; and" preerred embodiments offmy invention', may

comprise, fin combination Vwith the mentioned fixed gufidesandl tiltablebed frame, an inter,- vposed carriage or carriages'ha-ving a slidable or rolling 4relationship tofs'aid guides and having also pivotal connection with said bed VOther obj ect-s ofV my invention,including! certain novel linkagesv and connections and y involving the use of a slotted tube as aguide'` rail internally engagreable'y with rollersotl aspecial type, may behest appreciated from the following description offan illustrative embodiment oit' the same,r talieninV connection' with the appended claims and @the accompanying drawings, in ,whichfs-` Fig. lis'afrontelevational View, with parts broken away. f 'i n z l Figj2 lisaAliori'zrmtal sectional view, taken substantially as indicated by the. lines ofFig. y

Figa` 3V isv aside 'elevational view, Ona slight-y ly enlargedscale, taken 'substantially as'indicated byl'the arrow 3. of Fig-f1, `\vitlrpai-ts' broken away.`

Fig. l isa'detail view, on'anjenlarged scale, taken substantially as indicatedjby the line -totFigS. Referring totheidetails of that specific. em.- bodiment of my invention chosenf'or e.pur-

lustrated in At) as secured by angle 28) for the pivotal support ot'a bed frame,-

poses of'llustration, the loor of aV closet or recess being indicated by-a full, line at 11, whereas side walls and a back wall are sugigested by dash lines 12,112l and 13 (a door yor curtain being indicated in jFig. 2 byl an ad- 60 J ditional dash line lll)v l showfspecialf rails or- .guidesf15, 15j (which may be cylindrical in form. and adapte-d to conta-in special Vrollers 16, 16, of the' general character separately ilr` brackets hereinafter mentioned and: I show carriages 18, 18 (each comprisinga rear up-4 i right or vertical member 19, a front vertical' member 20, anupper horizontal member 21 and alower horizontal'mcmber 22) as `sup- 70 ported in vpart from, and adapted lto advance v horizontally 'in thev lplanes of, the respect-ive rails or guides 15', 15.

lEach ofthe carriages 18, 1S (shown asconnec-ted by a head or toot frame 23, comprising an over-arching element 24, a lower horizon! talV element 25 and upright-s- 26) may be pro-` vided" with means (suoli as abearing bracket 27' provided with ainupwardly o'peningnotc-h 80 such asafbed frame comprisingside elements 29, 29"; and transverse elements 30. For" eX- ample, each of the bed frame side yelements 2,9,v 29" may havelsecnred thereto, Vas, by means of rivets' 31, a bracket 32 (or 32") earryin Va pinI 33', (o1-33) and, in orderto obviateris 0facci dental disconnection, eachV of these pins mayv advantageously 'be provided with an irreguF larity orhead 34's, StZ-#shown as interlitting` within a space 35, (35') 'provided by oiisetting the bodies vofthe bearing brackets 27 relative ly to the terminal'portions 36 thereof,-\vhich i may be Welded or otherwise permanently se# cured to the upper horizontal elements 21 of 'the carriage or carriages 18, 18.` f g5 )Whether or not the rea-rA uprights 19, 19

of the. mentioned carriage orl carriages Vare I interconnected lin the manner described, the" lower front corners thereof maybe secured,l

together byjmeans such as a horizontal bar 37,V

shown as provided with castors 38, 88", adapted to support the viront end of the mentioned carriage or carriages during'v the advance of the same to or from a positionsuch as that. indicated inv dotted lines in Fig- 3, and the rear'cr innerends of the mentioned carriage or carriages may at all times be supported by means of the special rollers 16, 1h. interlitting within'guides 15, 15 inthe generalman-` ner separately illustrated in Fig. 4;; 110

29. T he slots 45 in the links 43 areshown as pins 46 and 50 are intended to be In preference to inserting screws directlyl through the bottoms .of the guides 15, 15V', (slotted at 39, to permit longitudinal advance of legA brackets 40, carrying the. mentioned rollers 1G 16 bT means of ball beariii0's41 f 43, 43rrespectively` provided with long slots 44 and with sliorterrslots 45, the former being engageable by pins 4G. l

The pins 46, 46, areshown as projecting horizontally from frame elements 47, 47', and these are shown vas rigidly secured at right angles to the bed frame side elements 29,

cooperatingvwith slots 48, in the upper horizontal elements 21 of the carriage or can riages 18, 18 (or in plates 49 secured thereto) in the retention of vfloating pins 50; and the positions and dimensions of the respective slots 44 and 45 relatively to the cooperating such that whenever the upper portion of the bed frame comprising side elements 29 is drawn forward (swinging about the pivot pins 33, this pivotal movement is effective, by a camniing action betweenA the pins 4l) and 50 rela tively to the slots through which these pins extend, to draw the carriage or carriages 18, 18 simultaneously forward toward the dotted vline position, lfig. vthe opposite upward and inward movement of the bed frame being cor` respondingly eifective to retract the vinen-r tionedcarriage or carriages toward! the position in which it is shown in dotted lines. The respective ends of the iiziedguides15, 15 maybe closed and strengthened by ymeans such as oluOs or ca is 51 51" andthe lengthy 1 ,n a a f e,

of the 0uides 15 15 ma be such that durinO D 7 7 b the swinging of the mentioned bed frame between an upright position and a. horizontal position, the rollersl, 16, or their equiva" lents, advance from contact with theplu'gs oncaps 51 into, or nearlyinto, contact with the plugs or caps 51 5 and it will be noted that the rollers 16, 16', are adapted to contact either with the bottoni or with the top of the rinterior surface of the guides 15,15 (al-r though not contactingwitli both the bottoni and the top at the saine instant) thereby preventing anytilting Voi the 1 carriage or car-` riagesl, and compelling the saine to move 'in ,and out in the general manner described'.

It will bfi-appreciated that thebed frame comprising the side elements 29, 29 and two or more transverse elements 30 may be equipped with any usual or preferred` springs, suoli as, `for example, spiral springs 52, shown as supported therefrom by means of straps 53 and as supporting a subsidiary frame 54 lith this they :may be connected in any usual lor preferred way, as by means of wires 55,#-

the use of diagonally extending tension springs 56 connecting the tops of the conical springs 52, and the useof mattress stops 5T,

being obviously immaterial to the invention herein described, although illustrated for the sakeA of completeness. y

vany preferred means, vnot shown, may be `used for the retention of a mattress and bedding upon abcd frame pivotally movable in the generalimanner described; and it will be noted that, incidentally to theadvance of the described bed frame and carriager or carriages' (whose movements may be facilitated by the inte oosition of springs 58 between the transverse elements 3'?, by whichr the mentioned carriages are interconnected, and the adjacent transverse element 130 of the described bedr frame) the head orfoot frame isf'drav-Jn forward; and that! the net el'i'ect of the interi dependent movements described is such as to' throw the entire bed frame out of the closet or recess in which the guidesl, 15y mayV be secured,-iso that the occupant of the bedtn'iayv enjoy. free circulation of air on allsides of and above andbelow hisbed.

Although lhave herein described' specificV embodiments of my invention, it'should be understood that various features Vthereof might be independently employed,and.that numerous modifications might be made, by those skilled in .the art to which this case relates, without the slightest departure from the spirit and scope of my invention, as the same is indicated above and in the following claims. Y

l claiinas my invention: y y 1. A bed organization of the general char; acter described comprising a horizontally7 movable carriage, floor guides' for said cari',

riage within a closet or recess,*afbed1fraine pivotally inount-ed on said carriage and rotatable between a vertical'and a horizontal position, and means at each sideof said carriage pivotally connected tothe' floor a plane substantially infront of the vertical position of said bed whereby a tilting of-saijd frame causes a relative movement of said 'can riage with respect to the closet or recess. 2Q A bed organization of thegeneral character described comprising a horizontally"` `movable carriage, floor guidesfon said cai'- riage within a closet orreces's," a bed frame.

pivotally mounted on said carriageand rotatable between a vertical Vand a. horizontal position, and means at each'sideof'said carriage pivotally connected to the floor-in a vpla-ne substantially in front of the vertical position of said I carriage with respect to the closetuor recess;

aid bed, vwherebya tilting of said carriage Vhaving rollerY means for engag-A ing said guides.

iio

izo

frame causes a relative movement of said Y 3. A bed organization of the general V'chars acter` described comprising a 'horizontally movable carriage, floor' guides for saidjcar-jy riage within al l.closet or recess, a bed'VV frame pivotally mounted on said carriage and ro tatable between a vertical and a horizontal position, and means at each side. of said carriage pivotally connected to the floor in a plane substantially in front of the vertical position of said bed, whereby a tilting of said trame, causes a relative movement of said carriage with respect to the closet or recess, and said guides consisting of slotted tubes and said carriage having rollers within said tubes. Y

4. A bed organization of the general character vdescribed comprising a horizontally movable carriage, iloor guides for said carriage within a closet or recess, a bed frame pivotally mounted on said vcarriage and rotatable between a vertical and a horizontal position, and means at each side ot' said carriage pivotally connected to the floor in a plane substantially in front of the vertical position of said bed, whereby a tilting of said frame causes a rela-tive movement ot said carriage with respect to the closet or recess, and said guides consisting of slotted tubes and said carriage having rollers within said tubes, said rollers being adapted to engage alter'- nately either the top or bottom interior surface of said tubes.

5. A bed organization of the general character described comprising a horizontally movable carriage, floor guides for said carriage within a closet or recess, a. bed frame pivotally mounted on said carriage, a slotted link at each side of said carriage having one end pivotally connected to a stationary member adjacent the outer end of said carriage, and means on said carriage and said bed trame cooperating with said link, whereby a tilting of said bed frame causes arelative movement of said carriage With respect to said closet or recess, said means including pins on said carriage and frame engaging the Y slotted lportion of said link.

6. A bed organization of the general character described comprising a horizontally movable carriage, floor guides for said can riage within a closet or recess, a bed frame pivot-ally mounted on said carriage, a slotted linkA at each side of said carriage having one end pivotally connected to a stationary member, and means on said carriage and Said bed iframe cooperating with said link, whereby a tilting of said bed trame causes a relative movement of said carriagewith respect to said closet or recess, said link having a plurality of slots therein and said cooperating means comprising a pin on said bed frame engaging in one of said slots in the link, and a floating pin engaging in the other slot in v,said link and in a slot formed in said carriage.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 18 day of November, 1925.

' CHARLES LOFMAN.v 

